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Old 09-18-2011, 01:42 PM
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Old 09-18-2011, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Cathou
I never thought of using double thread?!? So for me it is single thread of 100% cotton previously "dipped" in Thread Heaven. So far, everything holds.
I use a lot of Thread Heaven!
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Old 09-18-2011, 01:56 PM
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I do all mine on the machine too......with one of the decorative stitches....my hand sewing is NOT pretty.
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I use a double thread run it through beeswax and do the blind stitch. But I want mine to last, not come off after the first washing!
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Old 09-18-2011, 02:10 PM
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I love Thread Heaven, too. Or beeswax.

I sew the front on by machine, then turn it and sew it by hand to the back using a single strand of Bottom Line and a very small stitch.

It usually takes several evenings to hand-finish the binding on the back, but I know it's on there to stay. :D I'm not very skilled at piecing and only intermediate in FMQ skills - but this is the one thing I do pretty well.
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Old 09-18-2011, 02:15 PM
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I do a single thread. I haven't had any problems and some of my quilts have been machine washed and dried quite a bit.
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Old 09-18-2011, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kathy
i use a single strand of hand quilting thread
I ALSO use a single strand of quilting thread. It doesn't knot up as double regular thread does even with the stuff you run your thread thru so that it won't tangle...:lol:
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I use single quilting thread
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:03 PM
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I use single thread with small stitches.
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:16 PM
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I use double thread and ladder stitches on the back, I think I saw that on a Sharon Schamber tutorial, but the ladder stitches disappear.
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